Adjustable stand for christmas trees



P. K. RORVIK Oct. 11, 1949.

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ATTD R N EYS Oct. 11, 1949. P. K. RCRVIK ADJUSTABLE STAND FOR CHRISTMAS TREES 2 h ets s 2 Filed J 22' 1948 ATTORNEYS Patented Oct. 11, 1949 ADJUSTABLE STAND non CHRISTMAS races 3 Claims.

This invention relates to an adjustable stand for Christmas trees or the like.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a having members adjustable to different lateral positions separately and by a hand screw in order to adapt the stand for difierent diameter trees and wherein the members can be locked in their adjusted positions and held against lateral movement and wherein the adjustable members engage the tree at two elevations with adjustable scr ws in one of the elerations, as at the upper ends of the members, used to make certain the contact of the members at both elevations.

Other objects or the present invention are to provide an adjustable stand for trees having the above features, which is of simple construction, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to adjust, has independently adjustable members and is efficient in operation.

For other objects and for a better understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the stand adjusted for engagement with the tree.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the stand.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary and sectional view, in elevation, of one of the members and of the base.

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view taken on line 4l l of Fig. 3.

Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are respectively detail sectional views taken on lines -5, 86 and 'l-'l respectively of Fig. 3.

Referring now to the figures, l9 and H represent crossed members serving as the base portion. These members are cut to provide recesses as indicated at l2 so that the members may receive one another and provide a flat base portion with the bottom faces of the members adapted to lie flush on the floor or other support.

On the outer ends of the members there are accessible hand screws i5 which may be turned to effect adjustment of vertically extending treeengaging members l6. These members l 6 extend between guides I l and is which respectively have vertically extending posts 59 and 2s on their inner ends adapted to extend into holes 2! in the base portion. Connected across the outer ends of the guides is a retaining member 22 for the screw l5. This member is secured by wood screws 23 to the guides. The member 22 has a wear washer 24, Fig. 7, against which engages a flange 25 on the screw. This flange 25 and a flange 26 will react against the member 22 when the hand screw is turned to cause a slide 2'? on the screw and connected by a pin 28 with the tree engaging member to be moved and to thereby efieot the en agement of the tree-engaging member.

Sn the upp-r ends of the vertically extending and 2d are recesses SI containing re- Jely plates 32, Fig. 5, which may be "sted into tight engagement with the treeengaging member is by screw 33.

It will be understood that the adjusting arrangement for each member i5 is the same. The member is provided preferably with a shoe 34 which is secured by screws 35 and 36 to the bottom of the member, Fig. 4.

The engaging of the members it with the side of the tree is effected at two elevations as indicated at 38 and 39, Fig. 3. At the elevation 39, there is an adjustable screw it which can engage with the side of the tree and to insure a twopart engagement of the member is with the tree. The tree is indicated at 32.

Each guide l! and i8 is secured to the crossed members by screws 43, Fig. 2. The shoe til may be notched at 5 to receive the lower end of the tree d2 whereby the lower end of the tree will be held slightly elevated from the base portion. If desired, the shoe as may be made of harder wood to assume the weight of the tree.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it shall be understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. An adjustable tree stand comprising a base portion, tree-engaging elements connected to the base portion for slidable adjustment and adapted to have edgewise engagement with the side of a tree, guide members disposed on the opposite sides of each tree-engaging member and fixed to the base, and a hand screw on the base portion and acting upon the tree-engaging member to effect its adjustment, and vertically extending posts connected to the base portion and extending respectively upwardly along the sides of a tree-engaging member, each post having means adjustable into tight engagement with the sides of the member whereby to brace the upper end of the member.

2. An adjustable tree stand comprising a base portion, tree-engaging elements connected to the base portion for slidable adjustment and adapted to have edgewise engagement with the side of a tree, guide members disposed on the opposite sides of each tree-engaging member and fixed to the base, and a hand screw on the base portion and acting upon the tree-engaging member to efiect its adjustment, and said tree-engaging member having its edge adapted to have two point engagement with the side of the tree, and an adjustable screw at the top of the member to insure the two point engagement. 3. An adjustable tree stand as defined in claim 1 and each of the tree-engaging members having its edge formed to have two point engagement with the side of the tree, and an adjusting screw at the top of the tree-engaging member to provide the contact of the member with the tree at that point. 7 PETER K. RORVIK.

4 REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 109,423 King Nov. 22, 1870 848,850 Pissahl Apr. 2, 1907 1,792,307 Jensen Feb. 10, 1931 2,250,361 Cullinan July 22, 1941 

